The Amazing Spider-Man #5 [Regular Edition]

(October 1963)

Marked for Destruction by Doctor Doom! (Table of Contents: 1)

Spider-Man / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Steve Ditko

Inks

Steve Ditko

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Sam Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Spider-Man and the arch-foe of the Fantastic Four, face-to-face for the first time!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Dr. Doom [Victor Von Doom]; J. Jonah Jameson; Betty Brant (first name revealed); Flash Thompson (last name revealed); Liz Allen (last name revealed as Allan); May Parker; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]

Synopsis

Dr. Doom tries to trick Spider-Man into helping him defeat the Fantastic Four. When Spider-Man turns him down, he decides to capture Spider-Man. Flash Thompson dresses up as Spider-Man for a prank and Dr. Doom mistakes him for the real Spider-Man and captures him instead, and Flash has to be saved by the real Spider-Man.

Reprints

• in The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #2 ([September] 1965)
• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #38 (1968 ?)
• in Edderkoppen (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1968 series) #5/1968 ([mai] 1968)
• in Marvelserien (Williams Förlags AB, 1967 series) #27 (1969)
• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #92
• in O Homem-Aranha (Editora Brasil-América [EBAL], 1969 series) #4 (Julho 1969)
• in Marvel (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #2 (10 mai 1970) [reworked]
• in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #14 (January 6, 1973) [pages 1-11], #15 (January 13, 1973) [pages 12-21]
• in Die Spinne (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #7 ([April] 1974)
• in The Amazing Spider-Man (Yaffa / Page, 1977 ? series) #176 (1977)
• in The Amazing Spider-Man (Pocket Books, 1977 series) #[1] (81443) (September 1977)
• in El Asombroso Hombre Araña (Novedades, 1980 series) #4 (21 de mayo de 1980)
• in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #142 (August 1982)
which is reprinted
• in L'Uomo Ragno Classic (Edizioni Star Comics, 1991 series) #2 (Febbraio 1991) [La storia è tratta dalla ristampa di "Marvel Tales" (come si riconosce dalla ri-colorazione).]
• in The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1985 series) #10 (September 1986) [excerpt]
which is reprinted
• in Marvel Saga (SatellitFörlaget, 1988 series) #10
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #1 ([November] 1987)
• in Σπάιντερ Μαν [Spider-Man] (Kabanas Hellas, 1977 series) #390 (Νοέμβριος 1988)
• in Orígenes Marvel (Planeta DeAgostini, 1991 series) #3 ([Febrero 1992])
• in Spider-Man Classic (Planeta DeAgostini, 1993 series) #3 (Mayo 1993)
• in Spider-Man Classics (Marvel, 1993 series) #6 (September 1993)
• in The Essential Spider-Man (Marvel, 1996 series) #1 (December 1996) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1998 series) #[1] (December 1998)
• in Spider-Man Komplett (Panini Deutschland, 1999 series) #v1963#[6] (1999)
• in Spiderman: Stan Lee y Steve Ditko (Planeta DeAgostini, 2002 series) #1 (Diciembre 2002)
• in Biblioteca Marvel: Spiderman (Planeta DeAgostini, 2003 series) #1 (Noviembre 2003)
• in Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 ([April] 2007)
• in Marvel Gold. El Asombroso Spiderman: Poder y Responsabilidad (Panini España, 2014 series) (Abril 2014)
• in Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #1 - Great Power ([October] 2014)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 2002 series) #1
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 2009 series) #1

Keywords

Baxter Building; Fantasti-car; spider-wave transmitter

Indexer Notes

This story is an example of Doctor Doom using a robot to take his place. The first instance of this was seen in Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #5.

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Spider's Web / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Steve Ditko (illustration)

Inks

Steve Ditko (illustration)

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

Typeset

Reprints

• in Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 ([April] 2007)

Indexer Notes

Letters page includes Special Announcements Section.